Music: The Kid Comes Back

To jazz connoisseurs, lightskinned, leathery Edward ("Kid") Ory, 58, is
an authentic old master. His fame flowered in the Bayreuth of jazz, New
Orleans in the early 1900s. Ever since, he has been one of the
legendary great tailgate trombonists.* A little over a decade ago,
thoroughly discouraged by the rising popularity of big-orchestra
sweetness ("I figured I couldn't live off jazz"), he dropped out of
sight. This week, after more than two years of shuffling up the
comeback trail, the Kid and his slippery, sliding trombone were sitting
pretty again.